How to Properly Spot Someone at the Gym
Learn how working with a spotter can help you ratchet up the intensity of your free-weight routine.
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Strategies for Facing and Overcoming an Injury
Five athletes who’ve confronted sports-related injuries with hope, wisdom and courage and come out stronger on the other side.
What Is Your Fitness Potential?
How fit you can get may depend on individual differences in proteins associated with bones, muscles, and blood vessels, according to a recent study.
Stress Less With ARORA Fitness
However you prefer to unwind or destress, there’s an ARORA class for you.
The Workout: Contrast Training
Build strength and explosive power at the same time with this double-duty workout.
5 Things to Do — and Not to Do — When Starting a Health Program
A Life Time coach shares the dos and don’ts she’s seen make the difference for clients when embarking on a new fitness or nutrition plan.
Strong-Body Basics: Mastering Squats, Presses, and Deadlifts
Learn how to correctly perform the Big Three — plus their variations — with this comprehensive guide.
Expert Answers: Krill Oil, Swayback, and Compression Garments
We wrangle leading experts to address your questions on swayback, compression socks, and more.
How to Increase Your Running Speed
Running coaches share their tips on building speed for both short and long distances.
How to Use 4 Popular Strength-Training Machines
A Dynamic Personal Trainer demonstrates using four common strength-training machines — and offers advice for adding them to your workout routine.
The Power of Working Out in a Group
Discover how training in a fitness community can improve your performance, keep you accountable, and help you tap into a greater sense of purpose.
Master Your Game With Sports Vision Training
Improving your visual skills — and acuity — can give you an edge in virtually any sport. Here’s how to start seeing more.
How to Help Kids Thrive Through Physical Activity
Our children face many fitness challenges, including sports specialization, gender issues, excess screen time, and more. Discover how to help kids find meaning, health, and joy through physical activity.
From Antiaging to Proaging
As she approaches a milestone birthday, our fitness editor considers her motivation to keep moving.
15 Body-Weight Moves You Can Do Anywhere
Here’s how to squeeze in a series of invigorating activities that turn idle moments into body-strengthening mini-workouts.
4 Ways to Bring More Joy to Your Workouts
Kelly McGonigal, PhD, shares her tips to find more enjoyment when exercising.